airjames
09-28-2003, 10:06 PM
Today my buddy and I went at it on his car, 1998 Saturn, dk blue with alloy rims. Cool little car.
I ordered some pads from TOL, the screw on type, not velcro for reasons & Clay Magic. I showed my buddy some cleaning basics, using a clay bar, wash techniques, and waxing techniques. I washed his car until it couldn`t be washed no more:p it was so filthy and some much junk stuck to it from not having any wax on it. So it was not exactly like where the wash mitt just glides over the surface and the water just beads and sheets off like crazy. I wanted to make this my first detail, Autopian style ;) but time was a problem and we never did get finished. After washing, out comes the Clay Magic for the first time and lemme tell you, I kid you not the first few strokes that clay bar took on the hood was like wetsanding the car. That car was so gritty and so messed up by the time I got done with the car 35 mins later, the clay bar was brown. I tried to stay away from the lower areas because there was still stuck on crap on the rocker panels which I never did get off because of the lack of products. I showed him how to clay, keep the clay bar clean and the car turned out really smooth eventually. After the clay job we used #26 and the PC on the car. Spritzed the pad with water and divided the hood up into 3 sections. Worked the wax into until you could barely see it waited a minute, then buffed off. Buffing off couldn`t be easier, the shine was ok, but something like DACP or Swirl Free on the car prior to wax would make it even better. The car still turned out nice but due to time we couldn`t finish the wax and it was getting cold. Point here is every $109 I spent on that PC was damn well worth it and when used right you will not go back to hand :xyxthumbs ,,,,,,91
I ordered some pads from TOL, the screw on type, not velcro for reasons & Clay Magic. I showed my buddy some cleaning basics, using a clay bar, wash techniques, and waxing techniques. I washed his car until it couldn`t be washed no more:p it was so filthy and some much junk stuck to it from not having any wax on it. So it was not exactly like where the wash mitt just glides over the surface and the water just beads and sheets off like crazy. I wanted to make this my first detail, Autopian style ;) but time was a problem and we never did get finished. After washing, out comes the Clay Magic for the first time and lemme tell you, I kid you not the first few strokes that clay bar took on the hood was like wetsanding the car. That car was so gritty and so messed up by the time I got done with the car 35 mins later, the clay bar was brown. I tried to stay away from the lower areas because there was still stuck on crap on the rocker panels which I never did get off because of the lack of products. I showed him how to clay, keep the clay bar clean and the car turned out really smooth eventually. After the clay job we used #26 and the PC on the car. Spritzed the pad with water and divided the hood up into 3 sections. Worked the wax into until you could barely see it waited a minute, then buffed off. Buffing off couldn`t be easier, the shine was ok, but something like DACP or Swirl Free on the car prior to wax would make it even better. The car still turned out nice but due to time we couldn`t finish the wax and it was getting cold. Point here is every $109 I spent on that PC was damn well worth it and when used right you will not go back to hand :xyxthumbs ,,,,,,91